1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Let us pray he healeth the broken in heart and 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: bindeth up their wounds Psalm one forty seven three. Dearest Lord, 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: the depth of your wisdom cannot be fathomed. You know 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: the number of stars in the sky and the number 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: of hairs on my head. Yet you bend your ear 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: to those who suffer from a broken heart. When the 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: pain is so deep, words cannot convey the comfort necessary 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: at that moment. It's only your divine touch that can 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: bring comfort in the darkest of ours. That is when 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: I need you most. Father, Pour out your healing oil 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: over the fissure in my heart. The gaping wound of 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: loss is wide and deep and continues to bleed. Waves 13 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: of grief wash over me with uncontrollable tears. Mend my heart, 14 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: Lord with your love, and comfort me with your warm embrace. 15 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: Help me feel your presence so I know I'm not 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: alone in my time of grief. My pain feels almost inconsolable, 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: but only you can contain my grief. Then bring me comfort. 18 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Teach me to lay my head on the warmth of 19 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: your chest and feel the heartbeat of love soothing my pain. 20 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: I will cling to you in my time of loss. 21 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: And ask you to fill the void that only you 22 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: can fill in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you for listening 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: to today's daily prayer for more inspiration and an incredible 24 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: message from our feature pastor. Stay tuned to pray dot 25 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: COM's Sunday service. 26 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: What's going on? Kind of a church? Hey, live in 27 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: the dream? Eh Amen. Happy Memorial Day weekend. It's an 28 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 2: honor to be here speaking in front of you guys 29 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: on this on this beautiful holiday. Can we just give 30 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: it up for Pastor Darren and Pastor Mo and the 31 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: pastors here at this church. They have supported me, believed 32 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: in our organization. Pastor Darren has canceled services for prayer 33 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: gatherings that we're having. Pastor Mo has supported us in 34 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: various ways through mobilization of the church. Jason Koons has 35 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 2: helped us get help soldiers tell their stories through song 36 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 2: and help them record it. Like. This is a great church, y'all. 37 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: And so I'm so honored that they would trust me 38 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: to come in here and and bring the word today. 39 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: So it is Memorial Day weekend, and this is a 40 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: solemn time to remember those who have given their lives 41 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: for this nation. And I believe that this is a 42 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: special time where we can remember those who have given 43 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: their lives, but also pray for those who are still 44 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: with us who have grieved the loss of someone dying 45 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: in combat or in the uniform. So, if you're someone 46 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: who's known someone who has passed away while we're in 47 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: the uniform, could you please raise your hand? Awesome, awesome, 48 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: So keep your hands up. Please, guys, would you just 49 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: put your hands on these friends, extend your hands to them. 50 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: I want to pray over them. Father, God, I just 51 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 2: thank you for these gold star brothers and sisters in 52 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 2: this room. And God, I pray you would meet them 53 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: right now in the name of Jesus. I pray God 54 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 2: for their loss. I pray God for what they have 55 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: suffered through and that you would be near to their 56 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: broken hearts for those who have suffered and died for 57 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: this nation. And Father, we'd pray just for a special 58 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: blessing this weekend and a grace on this weekend. And God, 59 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: we pray for our gold star families across this country 60 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: who have lost those in combat. And Father, we just 61 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: pray that you would be close to them and bring 62 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 2: them to your love, the love that Jesus only you 63 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: can bring healing and deliverance to and God we pray 64 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: for our nation in such a confusing time, and that 65 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: the sacrifices of those who have come before us would 66 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: not be in vain. And God, we just pray you'd 67 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: heal our land as we turn to you confess our 68 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: sin and confess the sins of our nation, as the 69 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: prophets of old would take account for the sins of 70 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: their nation, the ones they hadn't even committed. And so God, 71 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: we repent before you, and we pray that you would 72 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: heal this land and bring America back to you in 73 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: Jesus name. Amen. Well, out of such a solemn moment, 74 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: it feels only appropriate to tell a good military joke. 75 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 2: So do we have any have any marines in the room, anybody? Awesome? 76 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 2: All right? Good? Got a couple. So I served in 77 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: the military from two thousand and eight, two thousand and 78 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: four to twenty twelve. I was in the army. We 79 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: got any army people in this room? There we go, 80 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 2: there's my friends. And so you know, I heard this 81 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 2: story one time about a soldier. He was getting on 82 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 2: a flight from la to Dallas. And he gets on 83 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 2: the flight and he happens to be sitting next to 84 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 2: two marines and the flight takes off and he kicks 85 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 2: off his boots because you know, he's been in those 86 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: combat boots all day. His dogs are barking, and as 87 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: he kicks his boots off, one of the marines says, boy, 88 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 2: you know, I could really go for a coke, And 89 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 2: so the army guy pops up and says, well, relax, brother, 90 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 2: I'll go get it for you. So he goes and 91 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: he does this meritis deed, and as he's doing so, 92 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: one of those marines grabs one of those boots and 93 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 2: hawks up a big fat loogie and spits in that 94 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: combat boot. Marines disgusting. So the army guy comes back, 95 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: delivers the coke and the marine other marine goes, boy, 96 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: I could really go for a coke too, and so 97 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: army guy says, relax, brother, I got it for you. 98 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: And while he's doing this deed, what does the other 99 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: marine do? Hawks up alugian spits in that other boot too. Unbelievable. 100 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: So the army guy comes back, delivers the coke, and 101 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: as they're making their descent to land, he slips his 102 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 2: feet into those combat boots and he recognizes the joke 103 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 2: that has been played on him, and he says, guys, 104 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: how long are we going to have this fighting between 105 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 2: our branches? I mean the dis speck in the dissension, 106 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 2: the spitting and boots and the peeing and cokes. It's ridiculous. 107 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 2: Nice to have you here, Marines, and thank you all 108 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: of you forgiving me grace for that joke. So I 109 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: run a ministry for the military, and our mission is 110 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: to fulfill the Great commission in the military. And we've 111 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: been operating for about eight years. Good friend Ryan Higgins 112 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: is here. He's helped. He's gonna enjoy these stories today 113 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 2: as he was in the middle of some of them. Uh. 114 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: But man, we have been able to do a lot 115 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 2: of great work and not only winning soldiers to Jesus, 116 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 2: but also walking with them through their journey in the 117 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: faith in faith in the military. And so I have 118 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 2: a short video that I'd like to play for you. 119 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 2: You know, you have like people who accept you right 120 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: for your imperfections then and and help you a bid 121 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 2: on that. That's that's where we fought here. As you 122 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 2: were saying, Holy Spirit, fill these people in this room 123 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: with the presence of you, I fell. 124 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 3: A rush of excitement of joy. 125 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 2: It was amazing. I found a great community in Christ. 126 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 3: I feel like my experience has been like God to 127 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 3: show me more of who I. 128 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: Am, being able to dig up the things that are 129 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: holding me back to where I. 130 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: Can move forward. 131 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: And I'm not going to be the person that I 132 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: I'm going to be something better for him and for 133 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 2: our daughter. Through Engage your Destiny, I've found life, community, 134 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: friendship that's so fun. Yeah. And so basically what we're 135 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 2: doing here is we get on posts and we're doing 136 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: a lot of our work up at Fort Campbell, and 137 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: we'll take so long through a series of trainings on 138 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: resiliency and how to overcome hard things and help them 139 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: work and their emotions and their emotional intelligence. And then 140 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: we'll just invite them to stick around and hear about 141 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: our faith and about our story. And so we've been 142 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: operating in that model for about the last eighteen months, 143 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: and we've trained over thirty seven hundred soldiers in that model, 144 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 2: and over thirteen hundred have taken a next step to 145 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 2: start following Jesus. And so that is where the real 146 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 2: work begins. And so we have weekly Bible studies, mentorship, 147 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: discipleship events that are taking bays place. We just executed 148 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: our first retreat and taking soldiers away for a weekend 149 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 2: with their families, doing restoration and their marriages. Also to 150 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 2: help them understand their story and how their story can 151 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 2: be a weapon for the Gospel. And so that's the 152 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 2: work that we're doing, and it's an honoring and a 153 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: humbling work, and we're so grateful for it. So I 154 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: just want to invite you if you want to walk 155 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: with us and receive our updates on what God's doing. 156 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: You can grab your phone, scan that QR code, go 157 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 2: ahead and put in your name in your email, and 158 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: we'd love to walk with you as we are advancing 159 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 2: the Kingdom on active duty basis and have you walk 160 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 2: with us. So, as I shared before, I served in 161 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 2: the military from two thousand and four to twenty twelve, 162 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 2: and I went to Iraq in two thousand and eight. Now, 163 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 2: I signed up for the military right after nine to eleven. 164 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 2: I'd signed up at seventeen years old, ready to go, 165 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: and I went over there and I was ready to 166 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,719 Speaker 2: kill terrorists. Amen. I wanted to get paidback for nine 167 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: to eleven. And man, we were hyped up and we 168 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: were young, twenty one years old, and we went over 169 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: and we were ready to go to war. What was interesting, though, 170 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: is we got into a little place called Kuwait. Has 171 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 2: anyone ever been to Kuwait? My man was Kuwait like 172 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 2: not fun. It's hot baby. The day we got there, 173 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 2: it was one hundred and forty five degrees. I remember 174 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: walking from the tents to the chow hall and I 175 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 2: had fever blisters on the bottom of my feet because 176 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 2: my feet actually got burned from walking through the hot sand. 177 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 2: So we get into Kuwait and you know, we're ready, 178 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: we're ready to go to war. And we get this 179 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 2: in briefing that hey, we're in Kuwait. We're not in 180 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 2: Iraqi yet. This is a safe zone. There hasn't been 181 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 2: any combat here since the early nineties. But we are 182 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 2: on a base. And they started to inform us of 183 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: what are called controlled detonations. Okay. Now, a controlled detonation 184 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 2: is basically when a unit or a convoy is running 185 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 2: through a combat zone and they run into what's called 186 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 2: an ied and improvise explosive device or a bomb okay, 187 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 2: and they call in the bomb professionals. They disarm the bomb, 188 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 2: but they can't leave that explosive ordinance there they have 189 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 2: to bring it back to the base so that they 190 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 2: can get rid of it. Otherwise the terrorists will just 191 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 2: reuse it and use it to kill soldiers. Makes sense, 192 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: So that's where on the base is. To get rid 193 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 2: of these bombs, they have what's called a controlled detonation, 194 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 2: So they basically have these controlled detonation pits where they 195 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: set off a small explosion and it gets rid of 196 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: the bombs. Okay, so we were informed of this. We 197 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: were briefed on all of this, and they said there's 198 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: also times while you're here that we're going to be 199 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: testing the security alarms on the base make sure things work. 200 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 2: So great, all information which makes this story hilarious. So 201 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: next day we get into the gym, My buddies and 202 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: I decided we want to do a workout. We're the 203 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: only ones in the gym. We throw our headphones in 204 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: and we start working out. I specifically got on the 205 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 2: treadmill and as we're all working out, they made an 206 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: announcement over the loudspeakers that they were going to have 207 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 2: a controlled detonation and that they were going to test 208 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: the security alarms on the base. All information not communicated 209 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 2: to me or my buddies due to the Metallica blaring 210 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 2: in our ears. Are you tracking? So I'm on the 211 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 2: treadmill doing my thing, and as I'm running, I feel 212 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 2: the force that could only be understood or ascertained as 213 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 2: that from an explosion fully through my body and I 214 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: kicked my legs out and I look at my buddy 215 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 2: next to me and I'm like, was that what I 216 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 2: think it was? And he goes, it has to be. 217 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 2: And so we turn around. My other buddies come over 218 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: and we're like, dude, what's going on? Like can we 219 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: start talking? And I go, guys, if that was a 220 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 2: real explosion, they're going to sound the security alarms. I 221 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: swear this is a true story. The words are leaving 222 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 2: my mouth and we hear incoming, incoming Nen, and like 223 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: everything in me from being twelve years old and seeing 224 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: black Hawk down and saving Private Rye rose up and 225 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 2: I just said, oh my gosh. And so I run 226 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 2: over and I bust these double doors open, and I'm like, 227 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: come on, we gotta get to a bunker. Now you 228 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: got to realize there's people outside who know what's going on. 229 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 2: And so now these four twenty one year old grunts 230 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 2: come tearing out of the gym and we run through 231 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: the sand and we dive into these bunkers. So we 232 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 2: get in there and we're I mean, we're freaked out. 233 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 2: And then we look out and nothing's happening and the 234 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 2: alarm shut off, and we're kind of like okay. So 235 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 2: then we run back to our area of operation and 236 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 2: our first Sartant is coming out to his litterine and 237 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 2: we run up and we're like, first, Sarten, do you 238 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 2: know what's going on with the explosions in the alarms? 239 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 2: And he goes, yeah, guys, they were testing the alarms. 240 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 2: It was a controlled detonation, right for Sarn, We wanted 241 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 2: you to know what was going on, so no one 242 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 2: thought we were in danger. And he said, I'm sure. 243 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,599 Speaker 2: Now I love that story because it so beautifully portrays 244 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 2: the power of one emotion, which is what fear. Now, 245 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: what's fascinating about fear is that it is our most 246 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: primal emotion that we feel in the body. As how 247 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 2: our bodies have survived for thousands of years, and we 248 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 2: have in our system, in our nervous system what's called 249 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 2: the sympathetic part of our nervous system, which is the 250 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 2: fight or flight part of our nervous system. And when 251 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 2: we anticipate or feel fear, that part of our nervous 252 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: system comes on and it takes the emotional side of 253 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 2: the brain and it completely overtakes the logical side of 254 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 2: the brain, which is why a soldier will dive on 255 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 2: our grenade and combat to save his buddies because emotions 256 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 2: have taken over and logic is out, and I'm willing 257 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 2: to die in this moment for my brothers and won't 258 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 2: even think twice about it. Are you all tracking? This 259 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 2: is how the body works. Now, not all situations are combat, 260 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: and that's where we need to look at the impact 261 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: that fear is having in in our lives, because how 262 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: many of you have made a really bad choice when 263 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: you were emotional or afraid. That's a roger, okay. So 264 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: with that, I want to take a look at a 265 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: few scriptures. That's me By the way, this says the 266 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: Lord delights in those who come on church. The Lord 267 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 2: delights in those who who put their hope in His 268 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 2: unfailing love. So this means the Lord delights in those 269 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 2: who fear the government, who fear politics, who fear the election, 270 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 2: who fear the border who fear fentanyl. Nah, the Lord 271 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 2: delights in those who fear him. And when the Lord 272 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 2: says fear not, he means fear not. And there's this 273 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: relationship between fear and hope which I want to dive 274 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 2: a little bit into today, because when we we put 275 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 2: our hope in His unfailing love, we receive his delight. Now, 276 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 2: what's fascinating about fear is that it has an exact 277 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 2: opposite to it, which God has given us as a 278 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 2: blessing of how we can advance. So what is the 279 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 2: opposite of fear faith? The opposite of fear is faith, 280 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 2: and this is what Romans five one through five says. Therefore, 281 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 2: having been justified by faith, we have peace with God 282 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 2: through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have access 283 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: by Come on Church into this grace in which we 284 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: stand and rejoice in of the glory of God. And 285 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 2: not only that, but we also glory and tribulations, knowing 286 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 2: that tribulation produces perseverance and perseverance character and character now 287 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 2: does not disappoint because the love of God has been 288 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 2: poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who 289 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 2: was given to us. Here's the deal. Fear is assaulting 290 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 2: and attacking our lives. It is trying to create death, 291 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: hell and destruction inside of us. Because fear is a spirit. 292 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: The Bible says, the Lord has not given us a 293 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 2: spirit of fear, but of power, love in a sound mind. 294 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 2: And we war not against flesh and blood, but against powers, 295 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: rulers and principalities in the spirit your whealm. And all 296 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 2: through the gospels you see Jesus setting people free from 297 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 2: sin and from demons and spirits that have possessed them 298 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 2: that are then causing them to not do good things. 299 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: And this is where we have to recognize today that 300 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 2: fear is a spirit. And what that spirit does is 301 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 2: it gets into us and it breeds depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, 302 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 2: thoughts of hopelessness, worthlessness, all of that junk are y 303 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 2: all tracking Now the opposite side of that. When we 304 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 2: overcome fear with faith, Now we're getting somewhere because we 305 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 2: have been justified by faith, which we have peace with 306 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 2: our Lord Jesus Christ, which then produces are rejoicing in 307 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 2: the hope of the glory of God, so that we 308 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: can glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulations produces perseverance, character, 309 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 2: and hope. And hope does not disappoint because the love 310 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 2: of God has been poured out in our hearts by 311 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. So if we have fear assaulting our lives, 312 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 2: we are not in faith. And the product of faith 313 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 2: is hope, which we need to dose up in this 314 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 2: day and age. Amen. That is an amen. And so 315 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 2: that's why today I want to talk to you about 316 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: hope and what we need in this hour, in our nation, 317 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 2: in our hearts and our families, we need an injection 318 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 2: of hope. And so that's why the title of my 319 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 2: message today for those who are taking notes, if not, 320 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 2: please pull out your phone and pull open your notes. 321 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 2: Got some great things I want to give to you 322 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 2: and write down. Restore hope to engage your destiny. Now 323 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 2: it's Memorial Day weekend, so I'm going with a two 324 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 2: point sermon. We're gonna take it easy on your day, 325 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 2: not do three. You're welcome. And so number one, how 326 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 2: we're going to restore our hope to engage our destiny 327 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 2: is to believe for a personal resurrection. Believing for a 328 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 2: personal resurrection in our lives. As I said before I 329 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 2: went to combat in two thousand and eight, and on 330 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: the sixth day of my tour, one of our Chinook 331 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 2: helicopters went down and seven of my guys were killed. 332 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: I was awoken in the middle of the night. Chaplain 333 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 2: informed me that we had a fallen angel, and then 334 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 2: we went to the S three shop where they began 335 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 2: to explain to us what had happened. As everyone was 336 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: trying to piece everything together, and we found out about 337 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 2: the seven fathers, brothers, and husbands that had died. And 338 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 2: there's no way to really describe what that amount of 339 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 2: loss of life in one moment in a combat zone 340 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 2: can do on the sixth day when you still have 341 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 2: about a year ago. And so the day after that, 342 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 2: my chaplain spent the entire day counseling soldiers. I was 343 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 2: a chaplain's assistant in the military, so that means that 344 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 2: I was the ministry assistant to my chaplain as he 345 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 2: did ministry, and that I was his bodyguard in combat 346 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 2: because chaplains don't carry weapons. And we just watched one 347 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 2: soldier after another that was so devastated by this, and 348 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 2: we were ministering to people and we were showing up 349 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 2: in that moment, So there was no moment for me 350 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 2: to process anything, right, So then we go into the 351 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 2: memorial service and watching hundreds and hundreds of soldiers devastated 352 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 2: by this loss. And then the next day it was 353 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 2: like it never even happened, because we were a combat 354 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 2: at aviation brigade, which means that if anyone flew on 355 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 2: a helicopter or called in gunships or called in a 356 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 2: metavac between two thousand and eight or two thousand and nine, 357 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 2: that was my guy's going to pick them up. Do 358 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,239 Speaker 2: you guys understand how important helicopters are in combat? And 359 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 2: so with that, there is no time to mourn people dying, 360 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: and you don't just get over it in forty eight hours. 361 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 2: And so the shame, the guilt, like everything I was 362 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 2: dealing with just got shoved down and we had to 363 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 2: just get right back to work. A few months later, 364 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 2: a suicide bomber walked into a school outside of our 365 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: base and he blew himself up. He killed about a 366 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: dozen kids and wounded several dozen more. That local town 367 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 2: did not have the capacity to handle a mass casualty 368 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 2: of that size, and so a bunch of our quick 369 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,239 Speaker 2: reaction force guys went out and rescued those kids, and 370 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 2: we brought them into our base hospital. I was in 371 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 2: the er with my chaplain as they brought those kids in, 372 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 2: and I remember standing in the middle of the er 373 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 2: and I looked over and I saw a four year 374 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 2: old girl with half of her face missing, and she 375 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,479 Speaker 2: was just standing there holding who I think was her 376 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 2: older sister's hand, waiting to be helped. And the only 377 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: way that I can describe that moment is it cut 378 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 2: my soul. And it was so far from what I 379 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 2: thought combat would be. After I came home, it was 380 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 2: about a month later that I began having nightmares. And 381 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 2: I remember waking up in the middle of the night 382 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 2: after having a nightmare that I was killing kids with 383 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,239 Speaker 2: my bare hands, and I began to fall apart. I 384 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: was pouring sweat, overcome with anxiety, and just overwhelmed with 385 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 2: shame of who am I and what is wrong with me? 386 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 2: My life began to just inspire a lot of control, 387 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 2: and I ran to what would numb all of this pain. 388 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 2: I ran to alcohol. I ran to the bars, ran 389 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 2: to women, just trying to find something that could provide relief. 390 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 2: But it didn't. It didn't relieve at all. And one 391 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 2: night I was out till bar close. I got home 392 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 2: at about three o'clock in the morning and I had reached 393 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: the end of myself. I remember having a handgun, and 394 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: I can say that in that moment, I didn't want 395 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 2: to die, but I didn't know how to get out 396 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 2: of the pain I was in. Does anyone ever felt 397 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 2: that way? Like? I don't know how to get out 398 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: of this? And I called my mentor at three o'clock 399 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: in the morning. He picked up the phone and I 400 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 2: just kept crying, and I just kept saying, why, why 401 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 2: is this happening to me? What did I do to 402 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 2: deserve this? And he began to talk to me about 403 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 2: the disciples, which really annoyed me because I didn't want 404 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,880 Speaker 2: a Bible less than at three o'clock in the morning 405 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 2: after being in the bar. Some of you can relate 406 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 2: to that. But he began to speak to me about 407 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 2: these men and how each one of them was living 408 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 2: their lives, doing working, providing for their families, just living 409 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 2: in everyday normal life. When one day this rabbi comes 410 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 2: along and he says, come follow me. And what's fascinating 411 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 2: about why they got up in a second to follow 412 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 2: him is because in that culture, the greatest thing that 413 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: you could do would be to study and learn under 414 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 2: a rabbi. And at the age of the disciples, if 415 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 2: they were not currently studying under a rabbi and they 416 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 2: were working, it means they were not good enough. They 417 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 2: were not good enough. And so now Jesus comes along, 418 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 2: who is a rabbi, and he says, come follow me, 419 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 2: and they left in a second. It was a once 420 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 2: in a lifetime opportunity. And they think they're going to 421 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 2: be studying stuff, you know, and then Jesus starts setting 422 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 2: people free, he starts healing people, he starts feeding thousands 423 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 2: and turning the world upside down. And these guys were 424 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 2: in with the dude every step of the way. They 425 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: were in like Flynn, and then one day, after they've 426 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 2: watched him be the impossible, he just gets led away 427 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 2: like a coward with the Romans and he's murdered gone. 428 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: It made no sense to them, And Scott said, that's 429 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 2: where you are. You're a place where you just don't 430 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 2: understand why you're going through what you're going through. But 431 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 2: beneath all of your pain and not understanding, there is 432 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 2: a victory greater than you can imagine, because beneath the 433 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 2: death of Christ was the greatest victory in the history 434 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 2: of the world in him defeating sin, and the disciples 435 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: just couldn't see that. They couldn't see the victory that 436 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 2: was happening. But Jesus went, he defeated death, hell, and 437 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 2: the grave, and he rose again. And then they understood 438 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 2: why they went through what they went through, and they 439 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 2: went and they changed the world. And Jesus said, ben, 440 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: if you will trust God, he'll do the same for you, 441 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 2: because what he'll do for one man, he'll do for another. 442 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 2: And that's what I want to put into you today 443 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 2: that we have to believe for a personal resurrection. And 444 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 2: that's where I believe God has sent me today that 445 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 2: if there's anyone in this room where there is something 446 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 2: hopeless in your life and you're asking why is this happening? 447 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 2: Or why have I gone through this? Or why is this? 448 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 2: Why is that there's a personal resurrection and a victory 449 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 2: beneath it greater than you can imagine. Amen. I think 450 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 2: we need a bigger amen than that. Number Two, We 451 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 2: have to believe for a multiplying resurrection. We have to 452 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 2: believe for a multiplying resurrection. In twenty sixteen, I found 453 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 2: it engage your destiny. And I remember I was at home. 454 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 2: My dad was passing away of cancer at the time, 455 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 2: and I was passing through our living room. And there's 456 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 2: no other way to put it, but I had a vision. 457 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 2: It was the only time in my life that I've 458 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 2: actually something that I believe God was showing me. And 459 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: I saw this massive stadium and it was filled with 460 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 2: tens of thousands of specifically Vietnam veterans. I saw it, 461 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 2: and then the vision zoomed in on this one Vietnam 462 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: veteran and tears were just streaming down his face because 463 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: he was healing and he was being welcomed home. You see, 464 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 2: when I came home from combat, I was met with 465 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,360 Speaker 2: parades and flags and love and honor. But when these 466 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 2: guys came home from combat, they were treated with disgust 467 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 2: and shame. They were spit on, they were called baby killers. 468 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 2: I've had Vietnam veterans tell me that they had cups 469 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 2: of blood thrown on them on their uniform. And these 470 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 2: were guys that were drafted to go do They were 471 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 2: just answering their call and not running away to Canada, 472 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: and they came home to that. And worst of all, 473 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 2: this country did not want to help them and wanted 474 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 2: them to just go away. And so that's when I 475 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 2: knew God was showing me something to heal something so 476 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 2: important and to do an event that would honor them 477 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 2: and welcome them home. And so in twenty twenty two, 478 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 2: on Memorial Day, two years ago, my organization held the 479 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 2: largest Jesus centered outreach to veterans in American history. They're 480 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 2: over thirty five thousand in attendants. We did it with 481 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 2: Toby Keith. It was one of his last concerts Rond 482 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 2: de Santis. We had jet flyovers, Navy seals parachuted in. 483 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 2: We did it at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida. 484 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 2: We had NASCAR fully behind us. Fox News live streamed it, 485 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 2: and Fox Nations supported it to put it all over 486 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 2: the country. And we deemed it the biggest, baddest, most 487 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 2: patriotic celebration and welcome home. And I had this vision 488 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 2: around it because my organization wasn't large enough to raise 489 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 2: the six million dollars that we needed in order to 490 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 2: pull this off, that if we could raise a portion 491 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: of it, but then if we sold tickets, we could 492 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,959 Speaker 2: make the event free for the Vietnam veterans and their 493 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 2: spouses and then regular America loving patrins could buy tickets 494 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 2: and we could finish off the bill. And so going 495 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 2: into the event, we had raised four million dollars and 496 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 2: we had two million to go, which means we had 497 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 2: to sell two million dollars in tickets to pull this off. 498 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 2: And that day was one of the greatest days of 499 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 2: my life. We had to wipe the wonder from our 500 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 2: faces as we watched thousands of veterans heal and cry 501 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 2: and come up to us sobbing, thanking us. It's unbelievable. 502 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: So the next day I received the ticket sales report, 503 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 2: needing to sell two million, and we sold five hundred thousand, 504 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 2: And I remember in that moment feeling this just I 505 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 2: felt like a fool. I had trusted God so big, 506 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 2: and now I'm staring at a mountain of debt. I 507 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 2: have no vision of what I'm going to do next. 508 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 2: We have no cash in the bank, and I had 509 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 2: to let go of twenty five members of my team. 510 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 2: There are only two left. I was devastated, I was 511 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 2: burned out, I was angry, and now I'm in a 512 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 2: situation where I have to take this organization from a 513 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 2: hopeless state and try to revive it, to do something 514 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 2: and to live again, and that it wouldn't be the end. 515 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 2: And so now I have to begin raising money for 516 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 2: something that has already happened, in order to pay for 517 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 2: something that we already did, with no vision of what 518 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: we're going to do next. Anyone want that job? It 519 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 2: was really hard, but God is good. Amen. I remember 520 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 2: I was at the Music City Grand Prix and I'm 521 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 2: standing in this area in walks Brian Headwelch. He's the 522 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: lead guitarist of a band called Corn and he wrote 523 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 2: a book called Washed by Blood, and the amazing book 524 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 2: totally ministered to me. And I just went up to 525 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 2: him and I'm like, hey, Brian, I'm Ben. I read 526 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 2: your book. And he's like, you read my book and 527 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 2: I'm like yeah, you know. You know. We start chatting 528 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 2: a little bit and and I said, man, I'd love 529 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 2: to just get together with you. So we meet up 530 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 2: for lunch the next week and he walks in, but 531 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 2: he walks in with this other guy who like had 532 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 2: a bow tie on, really weird looking guy. And the 533 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 2: dude sits down and I'm like, who are you? And 534 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 2: we get to talking and This guy is Marcia Blackburn's 535 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 2: faith guy to handle all the faith stuff for her 536 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 2: senator's office. And him and I were in Iraq at 537 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 2: the same time, and he was a helicopter pilot and 538 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 2: we just like bonded. We're sitting there and we're talking 539 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 2: and I'm telling him everything that's going on with the 540 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 2: organization and what we're trying to figure out. And he said, well, 541 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 2: I know all the leadership up at Fort Campbell. I'll 542 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 2: just introduce you to them and you can go try 543 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 2: a bunch of stuff up there. Bam, the door opened. 544 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 2: God provided the way, and now we've trained over thirty 545 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: seven hundred soldiers, built a ministry, and the doors have 546 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 2: opened in Alaska where we are launching two more sites 547 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,959 Speaker 2: for our program and we're going to train twelve thousand 548 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 2: soldiers in August. You see, the first time that I 549 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: was hopeless, my life needed to be personally resurrected. I 550 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 2: had something so close to my face that I couldn't 551 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 2: see in front of that I needed God to save 552 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 2: my life. And the second time that I was hopeless, 553 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 2: it was greater than me. It was my organization that 554 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 2: need to be resurrected. And you see, that's what God does. 555 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 2: He takes a person who is broken, that is struggling, 556 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 2: that has something in front of him where they don't 557 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 2: know why they're going through what they're going through, but 558 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 2: there's a victory of Jesus beneath it, and he's asking 559 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 2: you to come to him, to believe in him and 560 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 2: to trust him. And he's gonna take that situation. He's 561 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 2: gonna take it from death to life. And then what 562 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 2: he's gonna do because what He did with the Disciples 563 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 2: is he went and he overcame death, hell, and the 564 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 2: grave so that he could overcome death, hell and the 565 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 2: grave in them, so that they could go and overcome death, 566 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 2: hell and the grave in the red to the world. 567 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 2: And those twelve people went and changed the world. And 568 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 2: those twelve people have turned into two day two point 569 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 2: six zero eight seven three eighty one four billion people. 570 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 2: That's what my God does. He takes the hopeless situation, 571 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 2: resurrects it. Then he goes and he takes people to 572 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 2: go change the country and the world. And so that's 573 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 2: what I am calling you today for church, is that 574 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 2: if you're in a place where you don't understand why 575 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 2: you're going through what you're going through. There's a victory 576 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 2: beneath it, greater than you can imagine. And if you're 577 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 2: in a place where you've experienced the resurrection power of Christ, 578 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 2: he is calling you to step into the place of 579 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 2: victory and take it to this country. That's what our 580 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 2: God does. Stand to your feet, Church. God doesn't just 581 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 2: work in our lives so that he can work in 582 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 2: our lives. He does it so that he can multiply 583 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 2: it across the nation and across the world. Go ahead, brother, 584 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 2: And so that's where I do believe. There's two kind 585 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 2: of people in this room. The first person, you have 586 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 2: a pain, you have a struggle that you're going through, 587 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 2: doesn't have to have anything to do with combat, but 588 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 2: it's unique to the situation that you have. And you 589 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 2: need a vitamin B injection of Ben Peterson into your 590 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 2: heart to say, there's hope in Christ and there is nothing, nothing, nothing, 591 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 2: that He cannot overcome. If you're in that place I 592 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 2: want to pray for you, please just put your hand 593 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: up there. We go right there. If there's people putting 594 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 2: their hands up with you, guys, just put their hands 595 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 2: on their shoulders right there, right there in the back. 596 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 2: Just put your hands on their shoulders. Right there in 597 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 2: the back, our brother right there, our brother in the back, 598 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 2: right there, Please put a hand on him. Just put 599 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 2: your hand on these people. And we just pray, Father, God, Lord, 600 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 2: you know what these amazing men and women are going through. 601 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 2: Maybe it's a child that's run away from you, it's 602 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 2: a situation with their health's, situation with their business, it's 603 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 2: a situation with their family and Holy Spirit. We just 604 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 2: unleash the power of the Gospel over them, the salvation, 605 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 2: the wholeness, the fullness of Christ. And we pray God 606 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 2: that you would meet them and you would just fill 607 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 2: them with your hope, you'd fill them with the life 608 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 2: and love of God, and that Lord, you would just 609 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 2: take this moment to encourage them that nothing is impossible. 610 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,720 Speaker 2: And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. The second 611 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 2: kind of person in this room is you have experienced 612 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 2: the power of the resurrection in the Gospel. But God 613 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 2: is standing over this room just like he did in 614 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:45,359 Speaker 2: Isaiah six where God calls Isaiah up into heaven. And 615 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 2: I want you to imagine the glory and the splendor. 616 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,239 Speaker 2: And as soon as Isaiah gets up there and he's 617 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 2: like the hot shot guy of faith down in the world. 618 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 2: But he gets up there and his first reaction is 619 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 2: I am broken, woe is me, a man of unclean lips, 620 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 2: and he cries out for mercy in realizing how unworthy 621 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 2: he is to serve a living God. And in that 622 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 2: holy moment, God says, I have a mission. I have 623 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 2: a group of people that need to be reached. So 624 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 2: who's going to go for me? And whom shall I send? 625 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 2: And Isaiah stands up from his moment of brokenness and 626 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 2: he says, here, am I Lord send me, I'll go. 627 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 2: That is what I'm calling you today to church. And 628 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 2: I believe that God is standing up before all of 629 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 2: you with an unlimited amount of destinies and plans and 630 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 2: abilities that he wants to give to willing servants that 631 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 2: are willing to lay down their comfort and stop serving 632 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,240 Speaker 2: themselves in the most comfortable, selfish nation in the world 633 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 2: and say, I want something greater. I want to be uncomfortable, 634 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 2: I want to feel some failure. I want to go 635 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 2: and I want to so impossible. Only my God can 636 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 2: fulfill it. Because that's the heart of a warrior that 637 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 2: Jesus died to put inside of you. And So if 638 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 2: that's speaking you, I want you just to open up 639 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 2: your hands to receive. Father God, I declare in the 640 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 2: name of Jesus the power of the Holy Spirit over 641 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 2: this room, that you are releasing ideas and dreams and destinies. 642 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 2: But more than that, Lord, you're aceipt. You're releasing the 643 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 2: courage to say, here, am I send me? And if 644 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 2: that's you, I just want you to say in your 645 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 2: heart right to the Father, not to me, not to 646 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 2: anyone else. Lord, here am I send me? Give me 647 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 2: a mission, give me a destiny, give me a plan. 648 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 2: I will go where you want me to go. And 649 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 2: I believe in faith that you will accomplish that unto 650 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 2: which you send because that is your job and it's 651 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 2: my job to be your willing servant. So I surrender 652 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 2: to you right now in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Yes, 653 00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 2: and take a seat. Amen. In closing, I remember I 654 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 2: was in the middle of all this debt and hopelessness 655 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 2: and not knowing what to do. And we have this. 656 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,600 Speaker 2: We had this big, ugly pit in our backyard, and 657 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 2: our house is on a slope. The people that lived 658 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,279 Speaker 2: there before us, they had this above ground pool that 659 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,360 Speaker 2: like they dug into the slope and left this big sandy, 660 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,480 Speaker 2: ugly pit when they left and took their pool. I'm 661 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 2: not better about it, and so well, I've got this 662 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 2: big olga pit. And I am not a projects guy. Okay, 663 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 2: I'm not. Ladies, if your husband's a projects guy, can 664 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 2: you be grateful for him? Right now? I am so 665 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 2: far from that. I like to work hard and then 666 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 2: go have fun. Projects are work. Don't like them. So 667 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 2: the pits stayed there for a while, and then my 668 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 2: wife we have this kind of that's on the right side. 669 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:57,760 Speaker 2: On the left side, we have this kind of raised 670 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 2: bed area where my wife in the garden. And so 671 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 2: we were negotiating the terms of the garden and who 672 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 2: is going to do what? How often in marriage is 673 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 2: it kind of a hostage negotiation? Right? I had a 674 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 2: guy in the last service who had been married sixty 675 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:17,239 Speaker 2: five years ago. Oh yeah, So I made a deal, 676 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 2: you know, with a helicopter to Cuba that my wife 677 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 2: I would dig and I would like create the space. 678 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,520 Speaker 2: I'd till the land, and then she would create the 679 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 2: garden she'd built. The garden. Lost my power here, and 680 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,359 Speaker 2: so I go out there and I spend an entire day, 681 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 2: and I am tearing up all this grass and all 682 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 2: this dirt, and I tear all this up now because 683 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 2: I'm not a projects guy and I'm not a planner. 684 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 2: I look and I'm like, what am I gonna do 685 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 2: with all this dirt and all this grass? And I 686 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 2: looked over at the pit and I was like, oh 687 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 2: my gosh, I have everything I need to now fill 688 00:38:55,640 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 2: in the pit. And the Lord spoke to me. He said, son, 689 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,160 Speaker 2: everything that you will ever need for everything that I've 690 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,759 Speaker 2: ever called you to, is in the land I have 691 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,480 Speaker 2: given you. And that was before Fort Campbell opened up 692 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 2: in the very place that God moved us to from Minnesota, 693 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 2: the land, the place He's called us. Friends, Everything you 694 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,640 Speaker 2: will ever need for everything God has called you to, 695 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 2: is in the land he has given you. When he 696 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 2: says that this life and godliness, everything we need is 697 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 2: according to His riches and his glory, he means it. 698 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 2: So Lord, I pray for that blessing of provision over 699 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 2: every one of us in Jesus' name. Amen. Lastly, I 700 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 2: was very blessed to come out with a book this year. 701 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 2: This is my first book, so I'm kind of learning 702 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,879 Speaker 2: the ropes of how to do this. But I wrote 703 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 2: it's called Engage your Destiny, and it's practical ways to 704 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 2: run after your God given purpose. It's really written for 705 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 2: the purpose of man. These are the state of what 706 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 2: it takes to really live a life of destiny. We 707 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 2: want to give a copy of these to every soldier 708 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,320 Speaker 2: that we train, so all of proceeds aren't going to me, 709 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,200 Speaker 2: They're going right back into the ministry. So we can 710 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 2: give thousands of these away when we train all the 711 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 2: soldiers up in Alaska as well as it Fort Campbell. 712 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,399 Speaker 2: So I would be so blessed if you would stop 713 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,759 Speaker 2: at the table and purchase a copy so that we 714 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,239 Speaker 2: can advance this. Guys, thanks so much. I'll be back 715 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:23,919 Speaker 2: at the table if anyone wants to visit me. 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